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The first four rounds of World Cup qualifying were not kind to Argentina. With just one win and five points, the Albiceleste started on the back foot in the race to reach Russia 2018. No need to panic, though. Lionel Messi is back. Messi, the iconic, free-scoring superstar striker for Barcelona, is set to return to Argentina’s lineup after eight months away. His last appearance for his country...
Published: March 23, 2016
Even by the standards of the 2014 World Cup, England’s Brazilian send-off was particularly bizarre. The competition witnessed cases of on-field biting, off-field protests and an annihilation of the host nation in the semi-final, but nothing was as surreal as the reception Roy Hodgson’s side received in Belo Horizonte. Having failed to make it out of the group stage, drawing their final...
Published: March 22, 2016
The third of the four World Golf Championships events on the 2015-2016 PGA Tour calendar, the WGC-Dell Match Play gets underway Wednesday from Austin Country Club, in Austin, Texas. With a new venue and a new sponsor, the match play is in the second year of a formatting reboot that implements a group-stage element at the front end, before funnelling the top man from each four-man group into a bracket-style...
Published: March 22, 2016
Formula One’s restrictions on team radio have been increased in the 2016 season, but ahead of the Australian Grand Prix, FIA race director Charlie Whiting reassured the sport’s followers that “the juicy content” will still be aired. As Whiting told the official F1 website, that content includes everything “people like to hear”—drivers calling one another...
Published: March 22, 2016
Belgium’s national team have cancelled their Tuesday training session following a series of explosions at Brussels Airport and the Maalbeek metro station in the centre of the Belgian city. According to French news agency AFP, at least 21 people were killed in the blasts, prompting the Belgium national side to pay their respects: Tottenham Hotspur‘s Jan Vertonghen tweeted...
Published: March 22, 2016
In the wake of a scandal that saw him make sexist comments regarding the Women’s Tennis Association, Raymond Moore is reportedly out as the CEO of Indian Wells. Ben Rothenberg of the New York Times noted Moore stepped down from his positions of tournament director and CEO in the aftermath of the remarks he made Sunday. Rothenberg also shared BNP Paribas Open owner Larry Ellison’s response...
Published: March 21, 2016
The death of Jerry Collins and his partner Alana Madill last year sent shockwaves around the rugby world. Collins, a veteran of 48 All Blacks appearances and a one-time captain of the New Zealand national side, was playing for Racing Club Narbonne and was killed in a car accident near the town of Beziers in the south of France in June 2015. New Zealand prop Neemia Tialata led a powerful Haka...
Published: March 21, 2016
Raymond Moore’s controversial comments have caused a stir across the tennis realm. Ahead of the BNP Paribas Open finals on Sunday, the Indian Wells tournament CEO made sexist remarks at his own event that has seen roaring success among female competitors. Moore said Sunday that competitors in the Women’s Tennis Association “ride on the coattails of the men”...
Published: March 21, 2016
Novak Djokovic may have won the 2016 BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, but he failed miserably in his response to controversial remarks made by tournament CEO Raymond Moore. Prior to the start of the finals, the showcase of what many consider the best-run tournament in tennis, Moore spoke at a routine media breakfast. When asked about the state of women’s tennis, Moore told journalists...
Published: March 21, 2016
Mercedes started their season in the best possible way with a one-two finish at the 2016 Formula One Australian Grand Prix. Nico Rosberg led home Lewis Hamilton for the fourth race in a row—but this was no walk in the Albert Park for the Silver Arrows. Poor starts for both Rosberg and Hamilton had opened the door for Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari to claim a shock win. However, the mid-race red...